Course Description:

The AHA’s PEARS Course has been updated to reflect new science in the 2015 AHA Guidelines Update for CPR and ECC. This classroom, Instructor-led, video-based course teaches healthcare providers caring for pediatric patients the foundational skills needed to assess, recognize, and participate in the initial management of respiratory and/or cardiovascular emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrest. During the course, case-based instruction will be used to teach students to provide appropriate lifesaving interventions within the initial minutes of response until the child is transferred to an advanced life support provider.

The goal of the PEARS Provider Course is to improve outcomes for pediatric patients by preparing healthcare providers in assessment, early recognition, prompt communication, and initial intervention in patients with respiratory emergencies, shock, and cardiopulmonary arrest by using high-performance team dynamics.

Students who successfully complete the PEARS Course (including achieving a score of 84% or higher on the course exam) will receive a PEARS Provider course completion card, valid for two years.

The PEARS Instructor Manual eBook is the electronic equivalent of the AHA’s PEARS Instructor Manual. It offers an alternative to the printed manual and includes essential information and Lesson Plans that AHA PALS and PEARS Instructors need to teach the PEARS Course.

Included with the PEARS Instructor Manual eBook are Printable Lesson Plans. For instructors who would prefer printed material during class instruction, a downloadable PDF will be automatically included with the purchase of the PEARS Instructor Manual eBook.

Because this tool is electronic, there are no separate instructor resources available through the AHA eBooks store (e.g., checklists, equipment lists, sample agendas.) All instructor resources are accessible electronically through cprverify.org.

Intended Audience:

The PEARS Instructor Manual eBook is for use by PALS and PEARS Instructors teaching the PEARS Course, Each Instructor must have his/her own copy of the Instructor manual for teaching the PEARS Course.

The AHA’s PEARS Course is for healthcare providers and others who might encounter pediatric emergency situations during their work, including: